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Germany
Lower Saxony
Landkreis Emsland
Twist

Ems Cycle Path – View of the Ems River loop from Twist

Routes
Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
Lower Saxony
Landkreis Emsland
Twist

Ems Cycle Path – View of the Ems River loop from Twist

Moderate

4.5

(102)

365

riders

Ems Cycle Path – View of the Ems River loop from Twist

03:27

57.4km

70m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 17, 2026

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Naturpark Bourtanger Moor - Veenland

Ems

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1

3.44 km

Bargerveen Nature Reserve

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There are some great cycle paths there
I would call them a cycle highway, you can cycle there so well 👍

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2

3.48 km

Bargerveen Observation Tower

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Ideal start / finish place at Knooppunt-63- for a round in Bargerveen!

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3

4.46 km

Tightly constructed concrete cycle path across the border between the Netherlands and Germany. Along the Bargerveen which gives different images every day.

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4

5.96 km

Boundary Stone 160-V

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The Bargerveen-Schoonebeek project is a cross-border collaboration in which different (water) buffer zones are implemented to protect the unique and endangered Bargerveen raised bog area. By combining functions such as …

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5

6.52 km

Cycle Path in Bargerveen Nature Reserve

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The Bargerveen is the largest contiguous raised bog area in the Netherlands. More than 2,000 hectares remain of the once 3,000 km² Bourtanger Marsh. Here peat hills, peat moss, swamps, …

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6

8.81 km

One of several observation posts in the moor

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27.3 km

Versener Mühle

Forest

29.7 km

Ilexhecke Versen

Nature Reserve

9

32.2 km

Ems Cycle Path

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The Ems Cycle Path is a HL in itself, no matter where you ride.

You can only judge it if you've ridden the entire route 😎 and not just know bits and pieces of it.

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10

32.3 km

View of the Ems River

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On the way to Borkum

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57.4 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

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29.4 km

13.6 km

5.98 km

4.96 km

3.33 km

142 m

Surfaces

31.1 km

16.2 km

3.71 km

3.53 km

2.90 km

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Tuesday 7 July

22°C

14°C

22 %

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Comments

June 1, 2023,Moorroute
A route taken from a cycling map.
That still exists in the digital age ;-)
At the beginning there is quite a lot of cycle paths along the road, unfortunately these are also well used. The Bargerveen makes up for it all the more.
From our point of view, the more beautiful half of the tour follows here.
In Meppen …

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We took the moor tour from emsland.com/urlaub/natur-aktiv/touren/details/moor-tour. Here you can also find other descriptions of tours. There is sure to be something for every taste.
No body of water, but no solid land either: just moorland.


Often the typical almost black water of the moor lakes accompanies us. Don't think of Edgar Wallace and fog and evening hours :-) Especially …

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July 14, 2024,Meppen 4 Moortour
Today without rain to the Bargerveen moorland, it is worth it

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Today we explored the moor in Bargerveen with our group 👍 it was an interesting tour 🤔 we learned a lot about it 👏 We didn't miss out on the fun 👏 We can recommend the tour for pleasure cyclists 🙋

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